FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 25, 1995Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed LAL by 13 after three quarters and won 114–113.

Final · Box score
TOR102
ATL114
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +12
Final · Box score
MIL87
CLE89
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +2
Final · Box score
UTA91
DEN94
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +3
Final · Box score
SAS100
LAC91
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +9
Final · Box score
VAN91
MIA111
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +20
Final · Box score
HOU88
NYK103
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +15
Final · Box score
GSW107
PHI89
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +18
Final · Box score
LAL113
PHX114
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX -13; Q4 PHX +1
Final · Box score
ORL114
WSB112
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +2
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · LAL @ PHX

Phoenix climbs out of a 13-point hole against Lakers

Down 13 after three, the Suns won the fourth quarter 41–27 and the game 114–113. Michael Finley led Phoenix with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-4-13+1PHX AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL30263027113
PHX23292141114
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 3, 18, 18, 27, 4, 12, 24, 23PHX23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 7 games: 39, 5, 16, 15, 19, 7, 22PHX22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 25, 31, 31, 17, 25, 38, 23, 34LAL34 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 17, 0, 25, 14, 15, 8, 2, 22LAL22 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.8Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 12 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 2 vs 1994–95 avg
Minutes per game
31.01994–95 avg13.5Last 2

13.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.0 in 1994–95 (64 games). Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Heat rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat Vancouver by 20.

PHX over LAL1CLE over MIL2ORL over WSB2DEN over UTA3SAS over LAC9ATL over TOR12NYK over HOU15GSW over PHI18MIA over VAN20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Robert Pack leads the day with 35

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Robert PackPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 9, 12, 26, 15, 20, 21, 21, 35WSB vs ORL · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 25, 31, 31, 17, 25, 38, 23, 34LAL @ PHX · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 17, 28, 21, 23, 19, 27, 24, 30MIA vs VAN · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 42, 21, 33, 36, 30, 18, 29, 37, 22, 30ORL @ WSB · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 21, 16, 21, 22, 27, 7, 8, 29ORL @ WSB · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 22, 34, 12, 31, 14, 25, 19, 28UTA @ DEN · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST